AOC is on video bragging about how she fought to ensure a ‘huge amount’ of illegals got COVID stimulus checks and other federal aid money:
AOC says:
“We fought tooth and nail for the inclusion of undocumented people in relief packages, stimulus checks, FEMA assistance. And we’ve actually helped huge amounts of undocumented families in our district get federal relief that many others were trying to lock them out of.”
One of those people trying keep illegals from getting federal taxpayer money, appropriately I might add, was Ted Cruz.
He said as much this morning when retweeting this video and also bashed fact checkers for lying about this:
I tried to prevent Democrats from giving stimulus checks to illegal aliens.
“Fact checkers” said Dems weren’t trying to give illegal aliens stimulus checks.
They were wrong. https://t.co/3yAenfZs0g
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 17, 2022
Cruz was attacked relentlessly when he claimed that illegals would get COVID stimulus checks a year ago. Dick Durbin lied, claiming that illegals don’t have social security numbers and the media ran with that to bash Cruz. But as always, it turns out Cruz was right.
Here’s how Cruz defended himself a year ago:
3/x FACT 4: Durbin then screamed “liar!” and insisted no illegal immigrants would get $$ because the bill requires social security numbers.
FACT 5: Lefty “press” outlets, like Daily Beast, dutifully repeated Durbin’s charge. They did ZERO fact checking fo their own, just said…
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 7, 2021
4/x …that my claim that illegal immigrants would get the $$ was “false.”
FACT 6: Lefty pundits & celebrities like Morgan Fairchild happily repeat the charge that I “lied.” They know none of the facts, but in this politically charged world, the other side must always be wrong.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 7, 2021
5/x FACT 7: As it so happens, it was Durbin who was lying, and he knew it.
Why?
FACT 8: There are 12mm or more illegal immigrants. 60% of them are from visa overstays. Many (if not most) of them have social security numbers.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 7, 2021
7/x FACT 11: My amendment required that recipients would be “lawfully present,” i.e., legal.
FACT 12: When Durbin falsely said ZERO illegal immigrants would get $$, I asked if he would yield for a question. Schumer, sitting next to him, bellowed “no!!”
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 7, 2021
8/x FACT 13: If Durbin had taken my Q, I would have asked, “if you’re right that no illegal aliens will get $$ under this bill…WHY ARE YOU AND EVERY DEM OPPOSING MY AMENDMENT TO DO JUST THAT?”
The answer is that Durbin was lying, and he knew that Lefty partisans would…
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 7, 2021
9/x …reflexively believe his gals charge that I was the one lying.
FACT 14: When the checks go out, millions of illegal immigrants WILL GET $1400 checks.
PREDICTION: the Lefty press & pundits won’t cover it, and won’t care.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 7, 2021
As a bonus, here’s something else Cruz tweeted this morning:
Commies. https://t.co/hHvBnLt9jJ
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 17, 2022